Measuring-machine.



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CHARLES HERBERT LANTZ, OF MHATTN, KANSAS..

:riassuntiva-MACHINE. K

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HERBERT LANTZ, citizen of the United States, residing .at Manhattan, in the county of Riley and State of Kansas, have invented new and usel ful Improvements in Measuringiachines, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to machines for measurinr cloth and the like; and it has for its general object to provide a simple and inexpensive machine through the medium of which laces, embroideries, ribbons, dresstrimmings and other materials ordinarily rolled ona paste-board cylinder or on a card .may be unwound, accurately measured and rewound, and this expeditiously and with but a minimum amount of effort on the part of the operator when the machine is driven by hand.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the saine are read in connection with the drawings, aecoinpanying and forming part of this specific-ation, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine constituting a practical embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of said machine. Fig. 3 is a View partly in section and artly in elevation taken at right angles to Big. 1. FiO. 4 is a detail view showing the covered rolls of the machine. Fig. 5 comprises disconnected views of card-holding heads comprised in my improvements- Fig. 6 is a detail view showing a modified way of connecting the heads with their compiement ary standards. Fig. 7 is a view of a type of head for use in connection with a cyinder the ends of which are broken. Figs. S, 9 and 10 are 40 fragmentary views, hereinafter referred to in detail, illustrative of a modied construction for detachably connecting the heads to their res ective shafts.

eferring by letter to the said drawings and more particularly Vto Figs. l to 4, thereof: A is the base of my novel machine fromwhich rise opposite standards B B, aved standard C, a iixed standard D, and transversely adjustable standards C and D; the standard C being arranged in transverse aiinement with the standard C, and the standard D being arranged in transverse alinernent `with the standard D, all as best shown in Fig. 2. The purpose 'of making the standards C D' transversely adj ustableis to adapt the machine to Specification of Letters Patent. Hannon area nach 2, 190s. 'seal No. 418,824.

Patented Aug. 4, 190s.

receive material rolls of different lengths, and the said end is attained in the manner shown in Figs. 2 and 3 that is to say, by providing the standards C and D with outwardly-di` reeted feetI a and arranging-the said feetin 60 guldeways b and connecting the feet and the ase through the medium of bolts c which extend through slots d in the bottom Walls c of the guidewa s andare provided below said bottom walls with heads f and which are also carried upward through the feet aan' are rovided above the saine with wingqutg.

y virtue of this construction it will be manifest that the standards C and Dinay bead-x l justed toward and from the fixed standalsfq C and D, res ectively; also, that the stan ards C and may be fixed to the base a i different points in said adjustment- The machine is shown in Fig. 2 as adapted to re ceive the widest piece of material, and from this itfollows that it is unnecessary to make either of the standards B adjustable toward and from the other.

Journaled in the standards B are felt covered or other suitably covered rollers E 8'0 and F. The roller F is arranged above the roller E, refcrably in the manner shown in Fig. 4, tliis being advantageous nce my invention contemplates carrying the inaterial to be measured around the rollers E 35g and F after thel manner shown iu Figs- 1 and 2, and also contemplates taking motion from the niaterial-driven roller F to actuate a register G which may be and preferably is of a type well known in this art, though it may be of any other approved type without involving departure from the'scope of my in vention as defined in the Claims appended.

Spindles H and I are arranged in the `standards C and D', respectively, and .ss the 95 said spindles and their appurtenances are similar in construction a detailed description of the spindle I and its appurtenances as shown in Fig. 3 will suflice to im art a. denite understanding of both spind es and the 103 appurtenances thereof.l The s indie I, P 2 and 3, extends loosely throug 1 its standard D but is not adapted to turn therein. Said spindle is connected at its outer end with an upright bar J and is arranged to move in the 105 direction of its length with said *bain The spindle I and bar J -are yieldingly heldin the lisositions illustrated, relative to the standard b v tract ile springs K which are comici-ted at their outer ends to the bar and have their 11) yio head M, presently described.

of outward movement of the bar, the spindle and the head-this latter to permit of rolls of different lengths being placed and properly held between the head L and the opposite is loosely mounted on the spindle I and is of a type to engage and hold a paste-board cylinder-Leds rovided withprongsp. On the spindle Il. is a iead (not shown) similar in construction to the head L, and on a spindle I), fixed in the standardCis ahead N,Fig.1, which is also similar in construction to the head L. The head M is similar in construction to the head L with the exception thatJ the former has a threaded socket 1' to receive a shaft R Figs. 1 and 3 upon which it is fixed'. Said shaft R is journaled in the standard D and is connected through the driving connection illustrated or any other suitable driving connection with a driver S which may be arranged to be rotated by hand power or from a suitable motor, in the discretion of the manufacturer of the machine.

By virtue of the construction described it will be manifest that when a paste-board cylinder bearing material to be measured is inter )osed between the head N on spindle P and tl-he similar head on the spindle II, and a paste-board cylinder is mounted between the heads L and M, the said cylinders will be securely held without liability of casual displacement; and it will also be manifest that when the material is passed between the rollers E and F and is fastened to the cylinder between the heads L and M, and the said head M is rotated through the connection described, the material will be taken up on the cylinder between heads L and M, and incidental to its assage around the roller F will be accurate y measured.

It will be readily Gathered from the foregoino that the paste-)board cylinders may be quie 'ly and easily mounted between the pronged heads described, andk that by the operation of my novel machine the unwinding, measuring and rewinding of the material can be accomplished much more quickly than when done by hand without the aid of machinery.

In some cases the paste-board cylinders hereinbefore referred to are broken at the ends, and when it is necessary to mount these damaged cylinders in the'machine conical heads like the`head M3 shown in Fig. 7 are substituted for the pronged heads described. Again when the material to be measured is of such nature\th at it must be wound ofi' of a paste-board card and rewound on a similar card, a head Mt, Fig. 5, havingA a kei'f or groove M5 is employed in The head L lieu of the pronged head )I and heads like the head N6 of Fig. 5, in which is a kcrf N', are substituted for the other pronged heads.

When deemed expedient, instead of securing a head on the shaft R in the manner shown at the lcft of Fig, 3, ahead may be detachably fixed on the driven shaft iii the manner shown in Figs. S, 9 and 10. In these figures the shaft is indicated by R3, and the heads by M7, and it will be lseen that each head is fastened to its shaft by a pin or key-T which ispassed diametrically through the shaft and against a spring U socketed at V in the head. Atits outer end the key is preferably kerfed as shown and adjacent to said endthe key is )rovided with a radial projection W. ductionof the key, is passed through an opening X extending radiallyfroin the outer end of the key bore, and then is turned in a recess Y to a position of alinement with the opening X. In this way it will be manifest that there is no liabilitv of the key bein-g casually displaced; and it will also be manifest that when it is desired to remove the key it is simply necessary to turn the key until the projection IV is in alinement with'the opening X, whereupon the spring will force the ke outward and then said ke-v and the head v M7 may be removed in the order named.

In lieu of using the spindles H and I, spindles like the spindle I3 of Fig. 6 ma be eniployed, in which case heads will be eyed von the spindles after the manner of the head L in said figure. It will also be noted by reference to Fig. 6 that the spindle I3 bea-rs at it-s outer end against a spindle I4 and that this latter is connected to a bar J similar to those before described between which bar and the adjacent standard springs K are arranged.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that while my noyel machine is especially ada ted for invoicing materials of the kind deseri ed, it may also be used to advantage in measuring such materials precedent to sale thereof. In this latter case it is simply necessary to place a cylinder or card between the unwinding heads put the material between the rollers E and F and wind off the number of yards desired.

The construction herein illustrated and described constitutes the best`practical embodiment of my invention of which I am cognizant, but it is obvious that in the future practice of the invention such changes may be made in the form, construction and relative arrangement of parts as fairly fall within the scope-of my invention as defined in the cla'iins appended.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Pat- This atter, incidental to the introof opposite heads carried by the standav d ",way, a standard fired to and ris' lig from the base, -a standard movable towa d and from thefirst named standard and having a foot disposed in said guideway, means adj ustably fixlng said foot with respect to said base, opposite'heads equipped with means for holdmg amaterial-bearing device; one of said heads being connected with one of :he standards, a spindle bearing the other head and movable endwise through the other standard and havinga T-bar on its outer portion, andV coiled springs extending between and conneetlng the said T-bar and thc standard xn .which the spindle is movable endwise.

2. In a machine for the purpose described, the .combination of a base having parallel guidewa'ys, two pairs of standards rising therefrom; one standard of each pair bein@ provided with a loot disposed in one of sait guideways, whereby the standard is adjustable toward and from the other stan( ard of the pair, means for adjustably fixing tl e feet of the adjustable standards to the base,\pairs 895,276 V 'i i 8 the heads ofeach pair being equipped with means for holding;r a material-bearmg device and one head of each pair being loosely mounted on an endwise movable spmdle ,and movable toward and from lthe other head thereof, the said spindles movable endwise through the adjustable standards and having;v

T-bars fixed on their outer portions, coile snings extending between and connecting the said T-bars and the adjustable standards, means for rotating a head ci one pair, a reg.- ister located between the pairs of heads, and means arranged to derive motion from. ma

terial incidental to the passage of the ma.- 

